Demetria
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #6,407
Given to girls 98.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 371 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,960since 1914
Demetria over time
Rank among girls' names. Demetria has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,158 | 51 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,848 | 39 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,112 | 53 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,169 | 52 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,909 | 59 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 73 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,616 | 70 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,180 | 84 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,175 | 82 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,769 | 106 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,750 | 102 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,511 | 121 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,315 | 137 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,161 | 162 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,327 | 130 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,004 | 187 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,007 | 184 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #1,133 | 158 | — | |
| 1993 | #971 | 194 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #885 | 223 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #824 | 249 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #883 | 219 | — | |
| 1989 | #775 | 250 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #791 | 237 | — | |
| 1987 | #888 | 190 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #815 | 206 | — | |
| 1985 | #886 | 180 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #821 | 191 | — | |
| 1983 | #765 | 209 | — | |
| 1982 | #750 | 222 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #695 | 245 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #642 | 284 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #560 | 328 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #608 | 281 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #564 | 311 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #601 | 267 | — | |
| 1975 | #504 | 354 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #478 | 371 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #485 | 370 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #512 | 336 | — | |
| 1971 | #514 | 361 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #597 | 294 | — | |
| 1969 | #616 | 261 | — | |
| 1968 | #703 | 192 | — | |
| 1967 | #753 | 171 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #843 | 140 | — | |
| 1965 | #922 | 120 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,001 | 114 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,065 | 102 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,114 | 95 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,083 | 102 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,301 | 71 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,262 | 72 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,507 | 50 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,481 | 40 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,967 | 24 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Demetria! It came in at #2,638, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Demetria is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#222 · 1 in 1,322
- South Carolina#320 · 1 in 1,981
- Georgia#364 · 1 in 2,473
- Virginia#375 · 1 in 2,746
- Louisiana#455 · 1 in 3,008
Best ever in a state: #155 in District of Columbia, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #222 | 21 | 1 in 1,322 |
| South Carolina | #320 | 9 | 1 in 1,981 |
| Georgia | #364 | 15 | 1 in 2,473 |
| Virginia | #375 | 12 | 1 in 2,746 |
| Louisiana | #455 | 10 | 1 in 3,008 |
| Alabama | #478 | 6 | 1 in 3,631 |
| Texas | #605 | 28 | 1 in 4,763 |
| Florida | #647 | 12 | 1 in 5,438 |
| North Carolina | #664 | 6 | 1 in 5,926 |
| Ohio | #900 | 6 | 1 in 11,515 |
| Michigan | #942 | 5 | 1 in 11,452 |
| California | #1,716 | 9 | 1 in 22,473 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Demetria
- 62 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #5,238)
- 235 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #5,238)
- 2,061 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #5,238)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1988 (#888 → #791)
- Biggest drop: 162 spots in 1994 (#971 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1974 at #478 (371 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1965–1993
- Highest: 1 in 3,941 girls born in 1973 were named Demetria (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #478 in 1974, was only 1 in 3,956 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.9% of all girls named Demetria (3,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #2,638 (1914) | #3,698 |
| 1920s | 88 | #1,961 (1928) | #3,120 |
| 1930s | 73 | #2,404 (1933) | #3,229 |
| 1940s | 108 | #1,967 (1949) | #2,923 |
| 1950s | 443 | #1,262 (1959) | #1,581 |
| 1960s | 1,368 | #616 (1969) | #940 |
| 1970s | 3,273 | #478 (1974) | #542 |
| 1980s | 2,214 | #642 (1980) | #783 |
| 1990s | 1,843 | #824 (1991) | #1,051 |
| 2000s | 872 | #1,511 (2000) | #2,175 |
| 2010s | 508 | #2,642 (2010) | #3,275 |
| 2020s | 136 | #4,833 (2021) | #5,695 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Demetria in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 9,560 of them was named Demetria, which outranked 92.9% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #880Melina182
- #884Jonathan181
- #884Niki181
- #886Demetria180
- #886Cecelia180
- #886Felecia180
- #886Graciela180
- #893Ami179
- #894Cheyenne178
- #894June178
Tied with 6 names at #886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 308,035 of them was named Demetria, which outranked 23.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,147Zerrick7
- #5,147Zubin7
- #5,147Zvi7
- #5,785Demetria6
- #5,785Aadil6
- #5,785Aarion6
- #5,785Abdel6
- #6,523Aamil5
- #6,523Aarik5
- #6,523Abayomi5
Tied with 737 names at #5,785; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.